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20 Cards in this Set
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Acumen |
Keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment |
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Adjudicate |
To act as judge in a matter;to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal |
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Anachronism |
A chronological misplace of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other |
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Apocryphal |
Of doubtful or questionable authenticity |
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Disparity |
A difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness |
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Dissimulate |
To hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions |
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Empirical |
Derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable |
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Flamboyant |
Highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold |
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Fulsome |
Offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening |
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Immolate |
To kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another |
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Imperceptible |
Extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
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Lackey |
A uniformed Male servant; a servile follower |
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Liaison |
The contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking |
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Monolithic |
Characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity |
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Mot juste |
The most suitable or exact word or expression |
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Nihilism |
A total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism |
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Patrician |
A member of the ruling class;a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person |
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Propitiate |
To make someone ir something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease |
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Sic |
Thus so; intentionally written so |
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Sublimate |
To redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel |
